JAWing On – Life on Okinawa

I’ve been trying to keep up with current info on Rita. I’m glad people are being more cautious this time. I was in Texas when Camille came through and Guam when it was hit by Pamela. These size storms are never much fun for anyone. Please take care everyone in the areas forecast to be affected, our thoughts are with you.

Not giving up on this yet:

Okay, after five tries, I finally got Feedster to recognize my claim. It seems there is a step missing in the instructions. Or at least after I did this non-mentioned step Feedster recognized the claim. After you post the claim HTML, view the site and click on the link.

Now if I can just get Feedster to recognize my Jpeg for the icon. On and On, and on and on…. LOL

In my quest to find the best uncomplicated method to provide images to the widest array of mobile devices, I have reached the following solution (for now).

Open two copies of your browser (One for the blog and one for the Flickr account)
Go to the Flickr site and open a Yahoo account
Open a Flickr account [try to use the same user name for your blog, Yahoo account, and Flickr account to keep others (and yourself) from being confused when viewing your Flickr photo gallery]
Upload images to Flickr

For each image applicable:
Select image and all sizes
Select thumbnail
Copy and paste HTML info (selection 2) into your post (Note: it helps to create a message such as “Click on image to view large size” on line following image)

So far this is the only method that allows all images I have used with it to be viewed on my Japanese mobile phone. Usually image files are too large to be loaded. Also, the Flickr account lets you use a “buddy icon” that can produce a sense of continuity between the blog and Flickr gallery. I simply used my blog URL icon (favicon), enlarged it in photo editor, used “Paint” to save as a Jpeg, and uploaded it to the Flickr account buddy icon section of “Your Account”.

Thursday September 22, 2005 [PC (19/365) W (7/365) H (15/365) ]

September 2005 Total:
C-cloudy (2/365) PC-partly cloudy (19/365)
D-drizzle (2/365) SR-scattered rain showers (2/365)
W-windy (7/365) LW-light winds (10/365) VW-very windy (2/365)
H-humid (15/365) SH-slightly humid (7/365)

This Year�s (June 3, 2005 – June 2, 2006) Total:
S-sunny (23/365) C-cloudy (30/365) PC-partly cloudy (59/365)
D-drizzle (6/365) R-rainy (4/365) SR-scattered rain showers (11/365)
W-windy (33/365) LW-light winds (59/365) VW-very windy (5/365)
H-humid (55/365) SH-slightly humid (55/365)